Theos-Talk Archives (June 2005 Message tt00053)

>> - In theos-talk@yahoogroups.com, "Perry Coles" wrote:

> I wonder if C W Leadbeater ever read this as he actually promoted
> the apostilic succession as being valid

As far I know, he agreed with some points you have quoted, in 
particular with 1 & 4. He often quotes the sayings from the Gospel as 
"ascribed to the founder of Christianity". He writes himself that he 
was surprised when he discovered that apostolic succession works, for 
he naturally expected the reverse. I think that he had surely read 
"Isis" because theosopical literature in his times had few titles only 
and he have read "Esoteric Buddhism" 5 times. Yet he believed in 
Jesus, yet in Jesus who lived 150 years before the biblical Jesus.

I can refer you to "Clairvoyant Investigations of Christian Origins 
and Ceremonial" by Geoffrey Hodson, which seems to be in full 
accordance with Leadbeater's view, but I have read myself only 
extracts from it.